How Our Church Began

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In 1958, a Baptist Mission was formed in Woodstock sponsored by the Calvary Baptist Church, Winchester, Virginia. Sunday School was held for the first time on October 19, 1958 and the first Women’s Missionary Union was organized in January 1959. The Woodstock Baptist Church, a Southern Baptist Church, was established in Woodstock, Virginia on February 1, 1959. Thirty-two members covenanted together to form the first church of this denomination in the history of Woodstock. The service was held in the Uptown Theater building on Main Street with a large number of Baptists, mainly from the sponsoring church in attendance.

CHARTER MEMBERS

Lucille Allen	Dorthy Hale	Ted L. Martone	R. Gene Riddle
Arthur Barrett	William T. Hale	Nancy Martone	Charlotte Riddle
Rodney Fadely	Francis Hale	John H. Massie Jr.	Ernest Lee Smoot
Kate Fadely	Mrs. Walter Johnson	Grace H. Massie	Dorothy K. Smoot
Margie Grandstaff	Alice Martone	Emma Jean Neff	A.T. Van Atta
Alfred L. Gregory	Kathleen Martone	Mary Catherine Neff	Lucille Van Atta
Flora Gregory	Richard Martone	James W. Radford	Rose Mary Van Atta
W. R. Hale	Theodore Martone	Gladys L. Radford	Minor Wine

PLACES OF WORSHIP

Community Theater—Rental, February 1959 to January 1961

Woodstock Fire Hall—Rental, January 1961 to August 1961

Ox Road Residence—Purchased, April 1961; Occupied, August 1961;

Addition and Remodel, July 1963; Sold, June 1973

Lakeview Drive—Purchased two lots, March 1971

Built Classroom wing and Chapel wing, 1974

Built Library wing and Fellowship Hall wing, 1980

Purchased first Estep parcel, 1985

Built Sanctuary addition, 1987

Remodel south end of Chapel, 1989

Purchased second Estep parcel, 1997

Remodel Chapel for additional Classrooms, 1998

Loan paid-off on second Estep parcel, 1999